Zcon0 was our first annual conference, and it went incredibly well. We spent June 26 – 28 in beautiful Montréal, where we were blessed with sunshine and warm weather. It was wonderful to have so many members of the Zcash community together in one place, including developers from different projects such as Ethereum, Monero, ZenCash, Siacoin, and the Coda Protocol. [Check out the photos!](https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipN4uUf5mKWh1HjcOdrpl759sTUy2gprdU4dy9d-7LrjH3gRnUF8bKhc8WRlO9LVGg?key=NmJhZk1MQTB6eGx3QzBaQnNndi1uMUNTUmZNUmJn)
We were especially thrilled to announce our inaugural Privacy Guardian Award, which we bestowed on pseudonymous community member [mineZcash](https://www.zcashcommunity.com/). This person exemplifies the Foundation’s values and their presence is a boon to the community.
The Foundation extends its thanks to everyone who helped make the event happen: [Paige](https://twitter.com/ioptio) and [Ryan](https://twitter.com/AdjyLeak) from the Zcash Company, the many speakers and workshop leaders, the [in•clued](https://inclued.com/) team, and staff from the [venue](https://www.fairmont.com/queen-elizabeth-montreal/). Of course, heaps of credit go to our own Operations Director [Antonie Hodge](https://twitter.com/antoniehodge), who was the primary organizer and made everything run smoothly.
> "Excited to be at #zcon0 and great to see the Zcash community's strong and consistent commitment to security and privacy." — [Vitalik Buterin](https://twitter.com/VitalikButerin/status/1011700102690271232)
All the talks are available to watch in a [playlist on YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL40dyJ0UYTLK507afWUMgzUYeh-i4qQWS). You might be interested in…
## Day 1
* [Introduction to the conference by Antonie Hodge](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ywAcyQ4Qtuo&index=2&list=PL40dyJ0UYTLK507afWUMgzUYeh-i4qQWS&t=0s)
* [Zooko Wilcox’s keynote on the state of the network](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IVjHDEDw_DQ&index=2&list=PL40dyJ0UYTLK507afWUMgzUYeh-i4qQWS)
* [Matthew Green’s “fun history lesson” on the origins of Zcash](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDeDNDh-1ko&list=PL40dyJ0UYTLK507afWUMgzUYeh-i4qQWS&index=3) + [slides](https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1S9gC-a8qPDFKXalP5Ji-Rrg0MJp1Ol7D6PxCI04kDiA/edit#slide=id.g3d29974479_2_90)
* [The technical progress of Zcash as relayed by Nathan Wilcox](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mi4IUEzTyVw&list=PL40dyJ0UYTLK507afWUMgzUYeh-i4qQWS&index=4)
* [Sean Bowe on why Sapling is a big leap forward](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5krRSD-GYM&list=PL40dyJ0UYTLK507afWUMgzUYeh-i4qQWS&index=5) + [slides](https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1mCYkKbwqRGTQr_9_RhMt6N5oCfmY9iCRdTZdPrm5lp8/edit)
* [Ariel Gabizon’s guide to the cryptography underlying Sapling](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rg8UK6KC9yU&index=6&list=PL40dyJ0UYTLK507afWUMgzUYeh-i4qQWS)
* [Linda Naeun Lee’s research on the Zcash user experience](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULgElEpWTK0&index=7&list=PL40dyJ0UYTLK507afWUMgzUYeh-i4qQWS)
* [Mary Maller on the practical level of privacy in the Zcash network](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dP4dH_aHbdM&list=PL40dyJ0UYTLK507afWUMgzUYeh-i4qQWS&index=8) + [slides](https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1Q-8DhxGxnaiNnFY8KfINvh0ZnL2wI_Xqf1zktQF7HyI/edit#slide=id.p1)
* [A recap of the first day’s hands-on workshops](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GB834x96S1M&list=PL40dyJ0UYTLK507afWUMgzUYeh-i4qQWS&index=9)
## Day 2
* [Zero-knowledge enterprise use cases explained by Jonathan Rouach](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTO4JCJZD2o&index=11&list=PL40dyJ0UYTLK507afWUMgzUYeh-i4qQWS) + [slides](https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/13KpAr9-YZRbaJS-R6lAxr3Ma7fUXevpv0UI8o08P2Nw/edit#slide=id.g3c08762146_0_0)
* [Izaak Meckler on how the Coda Protocol uses zk-SNARKs efficiently](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCVACpgQSjo&list=PL40dyJ0UYTLK507afWUMgzUYeh-i4qQWS&index=12)
* [The state of ZoKrates as presented by Thibaut Schaeff](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hjeacNu7M4&list=PL40dyJ0UYTLK507afWUMgzUYeh-i4qQWS&index=13) + [slides](https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B37Z6QTy8QX4RlBwQmJNOVNULVFuRkdiLUNiY0RCbE1VLWU0/view?usp=sharing)
* [J. Ayo Akinyele on how Bolt works and what it can do for Zcash users](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2l5NqJ6sOI&index=14&list=PL40dyJ0UYTLK507afWUMgzUYeh-i4qQWS)
* [Justin Smith on developing X Wallet for Monero](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4buh1quMbr4&list=PL40dyJ0UYTLK507afWUMgzUYeh-i4qQWS&index=15) + [slides](https://rusticbison.gitlab.io/presentation-zcon0/)
* [The need for good SNARKs according to Nicola Greco](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QII1xq9J7NY&list=PL40dyJ0UYTLK507afWUMgzUYeh-i4qQWS&index=16) + [slides](https://drive.google.com/file/d/19YZxQaOWjaXVfTo4HZoCiHI17spjYSVS/view)
* [An update on bulletproofs from Benedikt Bunz](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LulbpwY_xM0&index=17&list=PL40dyJ0UYTLK507afWUMgzUYeh-i4qQWS) + [slides](https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1yBjrEl69UO-ST_e5wXqqvyofhh5YGuUaG6o0z2Q6o3o/edit)
* [Results from the second batch of workshops](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWpOmqSz3is&list=PL40dyJ0UYTLK507afWUMgzUYeh-i4qQWS&index=18)
## Day 3
* [Andrew Miller on the Foundation’s governance results](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8gv8rvcV08&list=PL40dyJ0UYTLK507afWUMgzUYeh-i4qQWS&index=19)
* [Why effective, scalable financial privacy is important, explained by Ian Miers](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHWjVLMnUDc&index=20&list=PL40dyJ0UYTLK507afWUMgzUYeh-i4qQWS)
* [Nic Carter on different models of blockchain governance](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1NeTN_AR18&index=21&list=PL40dyJ0UYTLK507afWUMgzUYeh-i4qQWS) + [slides](https://www.docdroid.net/ddz6VzP/overview-governance-blockchains-nc-zcon.pdf)
* [Siacoin’s experience with ASICs according to David Vorick](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwew58aXYU8&index=22&list=PL40dyJ0UYTLK507afWUMgzUYeh-i4qQWS)
* [Hudson Jameson on how Ethereum approaches governance](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSOfmMyfz90&index=23&list=PL40dyJ0UYTLK507afWUMgzUYeh-i4qQWS) + [slides](https://hudsonjameson.com/presentations/hudson-zcon0-2018.pdf)
* [Proposal for the Zcash Ecosystem Fund by Eric Meltzer](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FY4JrU7bSFk&list=PL40dyJ0UYTLK507afWUMgzUYeh-i4qQWS&index=24)
* [Eran Tromer on the Zcash Foundation’s grant program](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UrvJA8Gibgg&index=25&list=PL40dyJ0UYTLK507afWUMgzUYeh-i4qQWS)
* [Peter Van Valkenburgh, Zooko Wilcox, Jill Carlson, Vitalik Buterin, and Jameson Lopp in a joint keynote on cryptocurrency governance](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ioV7mBt7SMA&list=PL40dyJ0UYTLK507afWUMgzUYeh-i4qQWS&index=26) + [slides](https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1Zn6DhLuLoK4v_WCOeqMqHVpBNBO9G2t2uIGdXXIsXyA/edit#slide=id.g3cb3d9ad57_0_111)
* [And finally, the closing remarks](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=si1LnCwxkuA&list=PL40dyJ0UYTLK507afWUMgzUYeh-i4qQWS&index=27)
The workshops were bound by the [Chatham House Rule](https://www.chathamhouse.org/chatham-house-rule) and therefore not filmed, but [Richard Littauer](https://twitter.com/richlitt) assembled everyone’s notes in a [GitHub repo](https://github.com/ZcashFoundation/zcon0-workshop-notes).
Additional resources that speakers and workshop leaders shared:
* [Justin Smith’s scorecard for mobile wallets](https://jsmith.website/scorecard.pdf)
* [Simon Liu’s recap of the cryptocurrency mining workshop](https://forum.z.cash/t/what-happened-at-the-zcon0-mining-workshop-and-more/30062)
The Zero Knowledge podcast [dedicated an episode](http://www.zeroknowledge.fm/32) to covering Zcon0, including interviews with attendees and speakers. CoinDesk reporter Rachel O’Leary covered the conference in a series of articles:
Additionally, Alejandro Machado [recapped the governance keynote](https://twitter.com/alegw/status/1013954471460851714) in a Twitter thread, Lucas Vogelsang blogged about [“The State of ZApps,”](https://medium.com/@lucasvo/the-state-of-zapps-first-edition-zcon0-conference-notes-51b53ac52a88) and Alexis Gauba asserted that [“Cypherpunk is Not Dead”](https://medium.com/thunderofficial/team-ramblings-cypherpunk-is-not-dead-a25501ddbee1) (we agree). Sam Patterson of OpenBazaar wrote a [detailed overview of the event](https://www.openbazaar.org/blog/zcon0-recap-a-3-day-look-at-the-zcash-community-and-the-future-of-openbazaar-governance/).
